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Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Ray Smith nació en Brownsville, Texas en 1959. Emergió en los años ochenta y continúa produciendo exuberantes pinturas y esculturas caracterizadas por un estilo inimitable y temas que reflejan su herencia bicultural. Figuras mutadas y contorsionadas son recurrentes en su obra, formando un híbrido que se genera con su formación temprana en la pintura al fresco con profesionales de la tradición mexicana, un tributo a Picasso, los surrealistas y los activistas políticos del muralismo en México. A través de estos variados seres, Smith reflexiona sobre las complejidades de la sociedad, la familia, la política, la cultura, la guerra y la misma condición humana, todo esto enmarcado por el nacimiento y la muerte.

Ray Smith ha exhibido recientemente su obra en galerías y museos como Nina Johnson (Miami), Lyle O. Reitzel (Nueva York), Stux Gallery (Nueva York), McClain Gallery (Houston, and Ruiz-Healy Art (San Antonio). Obras suyas se encuentran en colecciones del Whitney Museum, el Brooklyn Museum of Art, el Metropolitan Museum of Art en NY, el San Antonio Museum of Art, el High Museum of Art en Atlanta, el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, entre otros.

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2019

Celebrating 10 years of Ray Smith Studio, Ray Smith Studio, Brooklyn, NY



2018

Lenguaje, NM Contemporaneo, Pinta Miami, FL 

Chido Muy Muy, GE Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico 



2017

El Narcisso de Jesus, La Tallera, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Ray Smith Studio, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL

Quimera, Galeria Nm Contemporaneo, Cuernavaca, Mexico



2016

Toss and Tumble, Studio D’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy

Flores, GE Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico

American Calendar, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, NY

Magic Ranch (Directed by Eamon Monaghan), Ray Smith Studio, Brooklyn, NY

G.T. Pellizzi & Ray Smith: Border Paintings, Ray Smith Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Unguernica, Ray Smith Studio, Brooklyn NY

Ray Smith: Unguernica Drawings and Paintings, Stux + Haller, New York, NY

Ray Smith: Unguernica Paintings and Sculptures, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX



2014

Guernimex II, GE Galería, Monterrey, Mexico

Tras una muerte exquisita (A Drawing Retrospective), curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain



2013

Ray Smith: Unguernica, Fundación Casa Natal Pablo Picasso. Malaga, Spain

Ray Smith & Beto Cuevas, GE Galería, Pinta New York, New York, NY

Ray Smith Studio/Comodo, Special Project, Pinta New York, New York, NY

Ray Smith: Here / Now, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ

Ray Smith: It’s Time to Change, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Turin, Italy

Ray Smith Studio: Table Drawings, Parade Ground, New York, NY

Mind Games, In collaboration with Alberto Finelli, Galleria Formentini, Milan, Italy



2012

Shadow Boxer, Y Gallery, New York, NY

G.T. Pellizzi & Ray Smith: The Execution of Maximilian, Y Gallery, New York, NY

G.T. Pellizzi & Ray Smith: Border Paintings, Peveto Gallery, Houston, TX



2011

Ray Smith: Una Curaduria de Culto por Daniel Lezama, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico

Ray Smith: The Drawing Show 1-6/2011, Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York, NY



2010

Ray Smith: FASCINATION, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Milan, Italy

Ray Smith: Embrujos y Espejismos, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, GE Galería, Monterrey, Mexico



2009

Ray Smith: Rush Hours, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Sala de Exposiciones Biblioteca Provincial de Jaén, ARTJAEN´09, Jaén, Spain

Ray Smith: Unguernica (Drawings), Project Rooms, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, ARTJAEN´09, Jaén, Spain

Ray Smith & José Bedia, Galería Sandunga, Pinta New York, New York, NY

Smith-umenta, Curated by The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Ray Smith Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Ray Smith: Cadáveres Exquisitos, Curated by Dorfman & Tovar, Dorfman Projects, New York, NY

Ray Smith: Unguernica II, Galleri Gösta Bergman, Stockholm, Sweden

Ray Smith: Unguernica, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain

Ray Smith, Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné & Graciela Katorfel, Ruiz-Healy Art, Solo Projects, VOLTA NY, NY



2008

Bad Dreams, Curated Omar-Pascual Castillo, Galería Sandunga, Granada, Spain

Ray Smith: Artist in Residence, Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA

Ray Smith: New Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan

The Ferrari Show, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Project Rooms: IN AMERICA´S POST, MIART, Milan, Italy

Small Change, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Milan, Italy

RAYS MITH, Roebling Hall Gallery, New York, NY

RAYS MITH, Nickolas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY

Nuevos Cadáveres Exquisitos y otros sueños, Galería Fernando Santos, Oporto-Lisboa, Portugal



2007

Ray Smith: El Orologista, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, GE Galería, Monterrey, Mexico

RAY SMITH: DEUS-MACHINE, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Centro Cultural Instituto Cabrera Pinto, La Laguna-Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Centro Cultural La Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Islas Canarias, Spain

CARICATURA (Delirium Tremens), Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain

Ray Smith, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX

HECHIZO (Dibujos Germinales), Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain



SOLO EXHIBITIONS (cont’d.)

Ray Smith: Painting as territory, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, South Texas Museum of Arts, Corpus Christi, TX

2006

Ray Smith: Small Texan Stories, Galería Sandunga, Granada, Spain

RAY SMITH: DEUS-MACHINE, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Instituto de América – Centro Damián Bayón, Santa Fe, Granada, Spain; Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain

Ray Smith: New Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Ray Smith: Painting as territory, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, Brownsville, TX

Ray Smith, The Deep Homo, Silvana Faccini & Jacob Karpio Gallery, Miami, FL



2004

Ray Smith: Wheels & Longarms, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York, NY



2003

La Casa de Hielo, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain



2002

Catahoula Cur, Ray Smith, Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, CA

Ray Smith, The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

Ray Smith, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York, NY



2001

Ray Smith, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

Ray Smith, One Man Show, Galería Ramis Barquet, ARCO´01, Madrid, Spain

Persianas, Galería Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico

Ray Smith: Recent Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2000   

Ray Smith: Aquarellen, Rob Jurka Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ray Smith: Dog´s Life, Roebling Hall Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Ray Smith, Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas, Gran Canarias, Spain



1999   

Time and Again, Galería Ramis Barquet, NY

Pop Vox, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico

Ray Smith, Galería OMR, Mexico DF, Mexico

100 Heads on Paper, Esso Gallery, New York, NY

Argonáutica, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain

Argonáutica, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK



1998

Ray Smith: Recent Paintings, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York, NY

Ray Smith, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France



1997

Ray Smith, Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden

Ray Smith, Galleria Milleventi, Turin, Italy



1996

Ray Smith: One Man Show, Galería Ramis Barquet, ARCO'96, Madrid, Spain

Ray Smith: The Battle of the Tailors, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA



1995  

Ray Smith: Portraits of American Writers, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY

Ray Smith, Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden

Ray Smith: Recent Paintings, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Ray Smith, 1995, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020

Zona MACO, GE Galería, Mexico DF, Mexico

2019

Ray Smith Studio X Mana Decentralized, Mana Contemporary, NJ

Lou Dallas, Ray Smith Studio, Brooklyn, NY



2016

ARENA, Curated by Ysabel Pinyol, Hilger NEXT Gallery, Vienna, Austria


2015

A Sense of Place: Selections from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL


2014

All the Best Artists Are My Friends, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ



2013

Artefiera Bologna 2013, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Bologna, Italy

On Painting. Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Darkness Visible, National Museum of China, Beijing, China

Come Together: Surviving Sandy, year 1, Daedalus Foundation and Industry City, Brooklyn, NY


2012

Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY

To The Stars on the Wings of an Eel. Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY



2010

Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY

Zona MACO, GE Galería, Mexico DF, Mexico

Zona MACO, Galería Alvaro Alcazar, Mexico DF, Mexico

Zona MACO Monterrey, GE Galleria, Monterrey, Mexico



2009

Looking Inside Art Now, Galería Álvaro Alcázar; Galería Fernando Santos, ARTJAEN´09, Jaén, Spain

Art Lille Fair, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Lille, France

Pinta New York 2009, GE Galería; Galería Sandunga, New York, NY

Lingua Franca, Curated by Iván de la Torre Amerigui, Museo de Bellas Artes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain 

Checking the New Imaginary of the Borders, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, GE Galería, HOT Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

Identidades Post-Utópicas (Nuevas Narrativas en la Pintura Iberoamericana), Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, HOT Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

ZONAMACO, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Mexico, DF, Mexico

MIART Art Now!, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, MIART Fine Art, Milan, Italy



2008

Art Lille Fair, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Lille, France

Arte Salamanca´08, Galería Sandunga, Salamanca, Spain

ArtePadua Fair´08, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Padua, Italy

SCOPE Fair Art London, Galería Sandunga, Lord's Cricket Ground, London, UK

St-Art, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Strasbourg, France

Third Beijing International Art Biennale, Mexican Pavilion, Beijing, China

Pegamento Aglutinante, Curated by Omar-Pascual Castillo, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, MIART, Milan, Italy

La vida privada. Colección Josep Civit, Fundación Beulas, Huesca, Spain



2007

The Chalkboard Chronicles, Fundraiser, New York, NY

Collection Contemporary Art, Foundation Max Mara, Regio Emilia, Italy

Lisboart, Galería Fernando Santos, Lisbon, Portugal

Valencia.Art, Galería Sandunga, Valencia, Spain

Principio de Incertidumbre, Forum de las Culturas Monterrey 2007, Centro de las Artes de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico

Art Basel, Roebling Hall Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

ArtChicago’07, Roebling Hall Gallery, Chicago, IL

MACO, AMT Gallery, Mexico DF, Mexico

Secuencias (1976-2006) Las Colecciones de Arte Público en Extremadura, Curated Antonio Franco & Miguel Fernández-Cid, MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain

SCOPE: New York´07, Galerie Volker Diehl, New York, NY

ARCO´07, Galería Sandunga, Madrid, Spain

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Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

Diana y Moisés Berezdivin Collection, San Juan, PR

Eli Broad Foundation, Santa Monica, CA 

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY 

Cemex, Monterrey, Mexico 

Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico DF, Mexico

Colección Familia de Muga, Barcelona, Spain

Colección Grupo Reforma, Monterrey, Mexico

Colección Jauregia, Navarra-San Sebastián, Spain

Colección Ramis Barquet, Monterrey-New York

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Houston Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX 

Akira Ikeda Gallery, Japan

Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy 

McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX

Merit Capital, Brussels, Belgium

Menil Collection, Houston, TX

Metropolitan Museum of American Art, New York, NY 

Miami Art Museum (now Perez Art Museum Miami), Miami, FL 

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, Mexico 

Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

Paine Webber Collection, New York, NY

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX 

Gian Enzo Sperone Collection, New York-Rome

Tranche Family Collection, Palencia-Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Wurth Museum, Kunzelman, Germany